Men’s and women’s tennis compete in ITA Regionals
FREDRICKSBURG, Va. – The Juniata College men’s and women’s tennis teams both competed in the ITA Southeast Regional Championships the past two weekends hosted by the University of Mary Washington.
FREDRICKSBURG, Va. – The Juniata College men’s and women’s tennis teams both competed in the ITA Southeast Regional Championships the past two weekends hosted by the University of Mary Washington.
Bryan Gregory (Glen Mills, Pa./Garnet Valley) won his bracket, as he defeated Jake Greenstein of York College in a two and a half hour finals match, 1-6, 7-5 and 6-3.
Brice Morey (Enola, Pa./East Pennsboro) defeated Michael Marsh 8-1 to win his consolation bracket, as the senior lost his first match on Saturday but rebounded to win against all three opponents on Sunday to earn the honor.
Morey and his partner Justin Wisniewski (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown) made their way to the quarterfinal round of their bracket, as did Gregory and Michael Lifshitz (Worcester, Mass./Worchester Academy).
In the women’s competition, Tori Gray (York, Pa./Central York) won her consolation bracket, as she dropped her Saturday match and turned it around on Sunday to beat her competition 8-1, 8-3 and won the consolation with an 8-5 score.
Megan Phillips (Jefferson Hills, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) and Heather Waring (San Antonio, Texas/John Jay) teamed-up in the doubles competition and fell into the consolation bracket, but managed to beat their foes 8-4 to move into the consolation finals before falling 8-5.
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